New Delhi: Gujarat Titans captain Shabman Gul was wearing a satisfied smile after a thrilling five-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL 2026 clash at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday. Delighted with the result, Gill admitted that his team would have preferred to finish the chase earlier.After victories against Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Supergiants, the win is GT’s third in a row this season. With six points from five matches, the Titans have moved up to fourth in the table. KKR, in contrast, continued to struggle, as they remained winless with just one point, rooted to the bottom.“Honestly, I don’t think it matters. The only thing that matters is the win and obviously playing the final and winning the cup will be something I’m looking forward to. (After you got out, did you think it was taking longer than you wanted?) Yeah, ideally we would have liked to finish at least one over, two overs first and I wanted to finish until I was out there and I was disappointed. Jatha. Hopefully the next chance I get, I’ll be able to do that,” Gill said.“(On bowling 3 to Siraj and Rabada early) Honestly, the way these two were bowling, it looked like they could get a wicket every ball and at the end giving both of them an extra over, I could see that the ball was dropping a bit, so it was a decision. I asked them if they were ready to bowl another ball. ‘It’s not easy to bowl a bit, because’ overs on the trot,” Gill said. added.Chasing 181 in 19.4 overs, GT scored a brilliant 86 off 50 balls with the help of eight fours and four sixes.“(On his batting) Yeah, definitely. I think fitness was one thing, I got it a few months ago. And fitness was something I worked on. And also, just working on the mental side of the game and trying to get better, not just technically, but tactically. Your past mistakes. Obviously, you want to learn from them, but you don’t want to live on them. And that’s the thing, it’s a conscious decision every time, you go to bat or you go to the field, your mind takes you to all sorts of places, but it’s important to be present for it.”
